7th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2012

2012 Totals: Vocals

  1. Neneh Cherry & The Thing, The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Superjazz) 15
  2. Gregory Porter, Be Good (Motéma) 11
  3. Theo Bleckmann, Hello Earth! (The Music of Kate Bush) (Winter & Winter) 7
  4. Kate McGarry, Girl Talk (Palmetto) 7
  5. Esperanza Spalding, Radio Music Society (Heads Up) 4
  6. Kurt Elling, 1619 Broadway (Concord) 4
  7. Luciana Souza, Book of Chet (Sunnyside) 4
  8. Luciana Souza, Duos III (Sunnyside) 4
  9. Sheila Jordan & Harvie S, Yesterdays (High Note) 4
  10. Dave Douglas, Be Still (Greenleaf) 3
  11. Kat Edmonson, Way Down Low (Spinnerette) 3
  12. Catherine Russell, Strictly Romancin' (World Village) 3
  13. Amy Cervini, Digging Me, Digging You (Anzic) 2
  14. Diana Krall, Glad Rag Doll (Verve) 2
  15. Cassandra Wilson, Another Country (eOne) 2
  16. Elina Duni, Matanë Malit (ECM) 2
  17. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare) 1
  18. Mary Stallings, Don't Look Back (HighNote) 1
  19. Dr. John, Locked Down (Nonesuch) 1
  20. Jana Herzen, Passion of a Lonely Heart (Motéma) 1
  21. Sue Raney, Listen Here (Rhombus) 1
  22. Sara Serpa & Ran Blake, Aurora (Clean Feed) 1
  23. Daryl Sherman, Mississippi Belle: Cole Porter in the Quarter (Audiophile) 1
  24. Souljazz Orchestra, Solidarity (Strut) 1
  25. John Hollenbeck, Songs I Like a Lot (Sunnyside -13) 1
  26. ERIMAJ, Conflict of a Man (Don't Cry) 1
  27. Susie Arioli, All the Way (Jazzheads) 1
  28. Cheryl Bentyne, Let's Misbehave: Cole Porter Songbook (Summit) 1
  29. Christine Correa & Ran Blake, Down Here Below (Red Piano) 1
  30. Connie Crothers-Andrea Wolper-Ken Filiano, TranceFormation in Concert (New Artists) 1
  31. Meredith d'Ambrosio, By Myself (Sunnyside) 1
  32. Patricia Kaas, Kaas Sings Piaf (Arctic) 1
  33. Jessica Molaskey & Dave Frishberg, At the Algonquin (Arbors) 1
  34. Elizabeth Shepherd, Rewind (Linus) 1
  35. Dena DeRose, Travelin' Light (MaxJazz) 1
  36. Denise Donatelli, Soul Shadows (Savant) 1
  37. Roberta Flack, Let It Be (Roberta) 1
  38. Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott, Live at Chickie (Wa Wa DIY) 1
  39. Sara Gazarek, Blossom & Bee (Palmetto) 1
  40. Anne Hartkamp, Momentum (Jazzsick) 1
  41. Sunny Kim, Painter's Eye (Sunnyside) 1
  42. Kate Miller-Heidke, Nightflight (SIN/Sony Australia) 1
  43. Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet, Hustlin' for a Gig (HouseKat) 1

Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.